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To read more about Vicki's life and
nail career, go to nailsmag.com/
vickipeters.
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In 1999, Beautytech.com was hosting the Strut
Your Stuff competition. I entered and won a
training with Vicki Peters. I had fown out to Las
Vegas to take her Salon Success Class. She said that
out of all the free class certifcates she had donated,
I was the only one who used it. Whenever I had a
problem I would e-mail her and she would e-mail
me back or call to walk me through my steps. My
favorite moment was when I was stressing over a
competition and she told me 'Quit overthinking it,
just do it, and get it done.' I will always treasure
what she has done for me.
Ruth Windsor
Vicki has been our mentor for over 20 years.
She was there for us as our salon grew, she was
our go-to guru. We leaned on her through rough
times and celebrated with her in good. It became
tradition when we caught up at the beauty shows
that we must bring her our newest ProFiles shirt
we were sporting at that show. We cherish these
memories so much.
Traci Dungan & Ami McClure
Once we realized that Vicki
wouldn't be able to come
to Victoria for the visit we
had planned, the three of us
who had been on the 2013
NTP Hawaiian cruise with
her decided to put a life-size
photo of her on a stick and
take her with us that way.
Tami Schmidt
Vicki was my inspiration to be all I could be from
the time I started taking classes with her in 2000.
She even called to tell me I won third place in the
very frst Nail Olympics gel division after I had
a family emergency. When I had to contact her
in 2014 after leaving the business for four years
she knew exactly who I was and what I needed.
She is and always will be what a professional nail
technician should aspire to be.
Pamela Kempf
This is a picture we took together at the
recent Cosmoprof in Vegas. It was our
last in-person meeting. We laughed
and talked about life and she said to
me, "I have never seen you happier
doing what you were called to do."
That was Vicki, always supporting
everyone else. I was blessed to have her
in my life as we pioneered this crazy
nail industry together when there
wasn't even one to speak of. Her light
continues to shine in me and in all the
people she touched.
Nancy Waspi
Vicki had invited Iryna to be an educator on the Nail Those Profts At Sea
cruise in 2009. Prior to the cruise, Iryna had been seriously considering
leaving the nail industry. After Iryna's frst class, Vicki called me privately
to her large cabin. Her frst words were 'What are you going to do with
that girl, she is amazing!' Over the next few days Vicki, Iryna, and I talked
a lot and a great friendship started to develop. But more importantly,
Vicki brought back Iryna's self-confdence and enthusiasm.
Iryna Giblett
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